4 Articles match "2007","Detroit","May"

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FDIC Selling Off Detroit Inventory
So it’s no wonder that it has no time to play nursemaid to a bunch of foreclosed real estate in foreclosure-laden Detroit, Mich. With one in every 176 households receiving a foreclosure filing during July, the Detroit metro area had the 18th highest foreclosure rate among the 230 MSAs reported by RealtyTrac for the month. Reporting 4,781 properties with foreclosure filings for the month, the Detroit metroplex saw a 10 percent decline The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. is having no trouble keeping busy these days.
www.foreclosurepulse.com - Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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A Small Silver Lining in Q1 Foreclosure Storm
The notable exceptions included Detroit — a longtime posterchild for the foreclosure meltdown — and Philadelphia, along with a few other Pennsylvania metro areas. Foreclosure activity in Detroit was down nearly 4 percent from the first quarter of 2007, although the citys foreclosure rate still ranked No. Dispatches from Detroit indicate that free-market forces may be the catalyst. While foreclosure activity in the first quarter of 2008 was up on a year-over-year basis in 90 percent of the nations 100 largest metropolitan areas, according to the RealtyTrac Q1 report issued today, there were a few notable exceptions that could prove to be a harbinger of hope for the nations battered housing market.
www.foreclosurepulse.com - Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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Make Food, Not Foreclosures
Just like it was in 2007, Wayne County has been a hotbed of foreclosure activity in Michigan so far in 2008. Similar to other parts of the nation’s Rust Belt, the county’s real estate market — particularly Detroit — is suffering. The pilot program would start with 20 plots, with the City of Detroit donating the water. A non-profit group has launched a program to turn former foreclosures into farmland. National Public Radio is reporting that the non-profit group Urban Farming requested that Wayne County, Mich.,
www.foreclosurepulse.com - Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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  • FDIC Selling Off Detroit Inventory
    So it’s no wonder that it has no time to play nursemaid to a bunch of foreclosed real estate in foreclosure-laden Detroit, Mich. With one in every 176 households receiving a foreclosure filing during July, the Detroit metro area had the 18th highest foreclosure rate among the 230 MSAs reported by RealtyTrac for the month. Reporting 4,781 properties with foreclosure filings for the month, the Detroit metroplex saw a 10 percent decline The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. is having no trouble keeping busy these days.
    www.foreclosurepulse.com - Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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  • A Small Silver Lining in Q1 Foreclosure Storm
    The notable exceptions included Detroit — a longtime posterchild for the foreclosure meltdown — and Philadelphia, along with a few other Pennsylvania metro areas. Foreclosure activity in Detroit was down nearly 4 percent from the first quarter of 2007, although the citys foreclosure rate still ranked No. Dispatches from Detroit indicate that free-market forces may be the catalyst. While foreclosure activity in the first quarter of 2008 was up on a year-over-year basis in 90 percent of the nations 100 largest metropolitan areas, according to the RealtyTrac Q1 report issued today, there were a few notable exceptions that could prove to be a harbinger of hope for the nations battered housing market.
    www.foreclosurepulse.com - Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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  • Make Food, Not Foreclosures
    Just like it was in 2007, Wayne County has been a hotbed of foreclosure activity in Michigan so far in 2008. Similar to other parts of the nation’s Rust Belt, the county’s real estate market — particularly Detroit — is suffering. The pilot program would start with 20 plots, with the City of Detroit donating the water. A non-profit group has launched a program to turn former foreclosures into farmland. National Public Radio is reporting that the non-profit group Urban Farming requested that Wayne County, Mich.,
    www.foreclosurepulse.com - Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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  • Home Prices Fall Deeper Into the Abyss
    Homeowners across the country may be feeling a bit like Mel Brooks’ character from his movie “High Anxiety” now that Standard and Poor’s has released its May numbers for the S&P/Case-Shiller Home Price Indices . The S&P figures for May show declines in all 20 metro areas reported for the second straight month — nine with record lows and 10 in double digits. In the movie, Brooks’ character nervously sweats every time he even thinks about getting into an elevator. Well, the nation’s homeowners are sweating it out now, being
    www.foreclosurepulse.com - Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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